LA GRANGE PARK, Illinois, Jan. 27 (TNSconf) -- The American Nuclear Society issued the following news: This year the American Nuclear Society's Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space (NETS 2023) conference, which will be held May 7-11, 2023, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, is focusing on powering the next era of space exploration through nuclear-enabled technologies and is sure to be the can't-miss event of the year for those in the aerospace community. Anyone who wishes to present a paper at NETS  more

LIVERMORE, California, Jan. 24 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news release: The Oppenheimer Science and Energy Leadership Program (OSELP) has selected four Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists as 2023 fellows. Computational physicist Teresa Bailey, physicist Brent Blue, nuclear and mechanical engineer Lance Kim and chemical engineer Elizabeth Wheeler were inducted into the fellowship program. OSELP bri  more

LIVERMORE, California, Jan. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news release: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists and engineers led a multi-institutional team in executing a series of high explosives tests that successfully demonstrated fundamental principles of anisotropy, a possible enabler for improved weapon and munition safety. Working under snowy and frigid conditions on Idaho's Snake River Plain, a 13-mem  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board's Resident Inspector in Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following weekly report: TO: Katherine R. Herrera, Acting Technical Director FROM: A. Boussouf and D. Gutowski, Resident Inspectors SUBJECT: Los Alamos Activity Report for the Week Ending January 6, 2023 Plutonium Facility-Infrastructure: Last month, Triad completed the annual revision of the TA-55 Project Execution Strategy (PES) (see 1/28/2022 report). The PE  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Jan. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: Sandia National Laboratories, in partnership with Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore national labs, has awarded a contract to AMD that funds research and development of advanced memory technologies expected to accelerate high-performance simulation and computing applications in support of the nation's stockpile stewardship mission. The National Nuclear Security Adm  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Jan. 25 -- The New Mexico Department of Economic Development issued the following news release on Jan. 24, 2023: The New Mexico Economic Development Department, through its Office of Science and Technology (OST), has awarded business startup grants to 10 innovative companies to support research and jumpstart commercialization of products that will create more New Mexico jobs, Cabinet Secretary Alicia J. Keyes announced today. The FY2023 grants from $25,000 to $100,000 wer  more